id summary reporter owner description type status milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 10770 Buffer fails for large distances Barend Gehrels Barend Gehrels "As reported by Grzegorz See boost.2283326.n4.nabble.com/boost-geometry-buffer-distance-strategies-tp4668469p4668825.html By the way, I was playing with different strategies combinations and I found out that when using only boost buffer strategies: double points_per_circle = 36; double distance = 130; bg::strategy::buffer::distance_symmetric distance_strategy(distance); bg::strategy::buffer::end_flat end_strategy; bg::strategy::buffer::point_circle point_strat(points_per_circle); bg::strategy::buffer::side_straight sideStrat; bg::strategy::buffer::join_round joinStrat(points_per_circle); the buffer function can still fail (produce no output) when the distance is higher than 128 (e.g, 128, 130, 150, 300, 400). But this happens up to a certain value, where the buffer function starts producing a correct output (e.g., distances 900, 1000). " Bugs closed Boost 1.58.0 geometry Boost 1.57.0 Problem fixed